Mike Love, a co-founder and lead vocalist for the Beach Boys, is among this year’s fun, fun, fun honorees for the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Love’s induction, which comes exactly 25 years after his bandmate Brian Wilson was bestowed with the award,

Mike Love, celebrated co-founder and chief lyricist of The Beach Boys and a legendary force in American music, has been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Recognized for his profound contributions to the world of music,

Funk innovator George Clinton, The Doobie Brothers’ Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald and Patrick Simmons and The Beach Boys’ Mike Love are among this year’s inductees of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Also set for induction: Country music songwriter Ashley Gorley,